Category / Mac Fixes

Hi all, I finished the script yesterday and did a quick test in a VM to make sure it actually worked. I still need to test it with Lion in case my changes broke that piece. I will post the script and workflow as soon as I get back from an appointment. In the mean…

Alright folks. I have version 1.0.5 of the script done. It isn’t the most beautiful thing but it gets the job done. I think I added enough checks into the script that will make you aware of any possible reasons it will fail and if it does for some reason I hope the fail safes…

So I have been thinking about how to escrow the file vault recovery keys that are generated from cauliflower vest. At first I thought I should just try and re-create the Google App Engine instance that is needed to work with all the tools but I quickly realized that I am not very good at…

***** IMPORTANT ***** I have updated the script for Mountain Lion. Please follow this link. http://musings.silvertooth.us/2012/08/recovery-partition-creator-v2-0/ Also I have a brand new version that at this time only works with 10.8. It is done in Applescript and can add a recovery partition to any drive. http://musings.silvertooth.us/2013/05/recovery-partition-creator-3-0/ I was on site working with a customer when…

I apologize for the length of this article but I would rather put in as much detail as possible so that anyone who wants to use this will have some useful info. If you just want to install and don’t care about the details scroll to the bottom 🙂 The following package I created to…

So what is Local MCX and why do I care? If you build Mac Images but don’t have a way to manage policies or preferences via some system like JAMFs Casper or Apples Profile Manager/OpenDirectory then you probably will need to use Local MCX policies to enforce some basic consistency/security onto your computers. For instance,…